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Title

Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor archived websites

Series Number

B2347

Summary

This series consists of archival copies of the publicly accessible website of the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor, which is responsible for investigating criminal activity and ensuring the fairness of marine terminal hiring and employment practices.

Creator

• Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Original drawings for Volume V of the Natural History of New York: Paleontology

Series Number

A4193

Summary

This series consists of original pencil illustrations for Volume V of the Natural History of New York: Paleontology, written by James Hall and published in 1874. The drawings are of fossil specimens of radiata, crinoidea, and corals.

Creator

• New York State Museum of Natural History

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Exhibits for Chancery and Vice-Chancery cases

Series Number

JN309

Summary

This series consists of business account books and other documents submitted as evidence in Court of Chancery cases, mostly involving book accounts. Most of the records concern businesses in New York City.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Chancery

Access Restrictions

Use and reproduction of fragile documents may be restricted.

Title

New York State Office of General Services photographs of state facilities

Series Number

B2421

Summary

This series of photographs generally depicts state facilities constructed or renovated by the Office of General Services. Subjects include Albany Pumping Station; East Parking Garage (Empire State Plaza); State Records Center (Harriman State Office Campus); Department of Transportation garage (Harriman State Office Campus); and other unidentified facilities.

Creator

• New York (State). Office of General Services

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Walters Act administrative files

Series Number

B0236

Summary

These files document actions taken by the State Engineer and Surveyor to address contractors applying for assistance under the provisions of the Walters Act. The series includes correspondence, memorandums, journals, financial statements submitted by contractors, cost estimates, and inventories of construction materials. The card index to these files, Series B0241, provides name and subject access.

Creator

• New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Weekly employment reports

Series Number

B0222

Summary

The State Engineer and Surveyor was empowered to occasionally employ consulting engineers to reviewed both completed work and proposed projects. This series documents the reports they submitted weekly to the State Engineer and Surveyor with each form providing the dates covered by the report, assignments and duties performed, total time worked and the engineer's signature.

Creator

• New York (State). Board of Consulting Engineers

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Correspondence and working files of the Schenectady County Office

Series Number

A4187

Summary

This series consists of administrative and research files maintained by the Schenectady County office of the Federal Writers' Project and used to prepare publications about Schenectady County. Included is information on the county and city of Schenectady's history; genealogical data on early families in the county; and property ownership genealogies in the Stockade Area. Most records are notes and essays by field workers and extracts of local records. Also included are reports, photographs and administrative correspondence of the Schenectady County Supervisor.

Creator

• Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of New York

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

New York State Office of Mental Health direction and supervision of program records

Series Number

B2435

Summary

This series documents long range plans; the development of policy for department programs; and the direction, control, and supervision of these programs. Records include budgets, reports, correspondence, memorandums, and long-term plans. Records that provide identifiable information regarding clients are excluded.

Creator

• New York (State). Office of Mental Health

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Emergency management records

Series Number

B2353

Summary

This series consists of guidelines, directives, assessments, correspondence, and other documentation related to emergency and disaster management and recovery.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Transportation

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Minutes of meetings and annual reports

Series Number

09723

Summary

The meeting minutes and annual reports of the State Traffic Commission address regulation of the type, location, placement, maintenance and removal of all traffic control lights on state highways outside of cities; adoption of uniform rules ensuring the conformity of the signs with nationally accepted standards; regulation of vehicles' speed on state highways outside of cities; direction of placement and maintenance of directional signs within cities to facilitate through traffic; formulation of highway safety programs; surveyance of traffic conditions on state highways; recommendation of legislation; and assistance to city and village officials with their traffic problems.

Creator

• New York (State). State Traffic Commission

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Classification and Compensation hearing transcripts

Series Number

B0544

Summary

The Classification and Compensation Division's director can reallocate salaries or reclassify any positions in the classified State Service at the request or appeal of an individual or agency. This series consists of hearing transcripts and a list of hearing attendees. Transcripts are identified by date and position title(s) under consideration. Each contains the appellants' arguments for reallocation or reclassification and detailed descriptions of duties and responsibilities of positions being examined.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Civil Service. Classification and Compensation Division

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

New York State Department of State letters patent transcribed pursuant to an Act of 1786

Series Number

A0487

Summary

This series consists of the original engrossed (or final) letters patent and military patents, which were transcribed pursuant to Chapter 13 of the Laws of 1786. That law states that these volumes were "by various accidents so injured that a frequent Recourse to them may render them illegible." The transcriptions were inserted into the books of Letters Patent (Series 12943) and Military Patents (Series A0447). In addition to recorded patents, the first two volumes also contain records of confirmations of deeds dating prior to the English conquest of New Netherland in 1664, commissions and appointments of civil and military officers, naturalizations and denizations of non-British subjects, and a few Indian deeds.

Creator

• New York (State). Secretary of State

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Deputy Commissioner for Environmental Management correspondence and subject files

Series Number

B1882

Summary

This series consists of files created by the Deputy Commissioner for Environmental Management and relate to the state's response to federal water-quality legislation. The files which contain information gathered at meetings of the Great Lakes Basin Commission and other federal-state water-protection bodies, help to document the department's role in safeguarding drinking water supplies, coastal and estuarine areas, and the Hudson River. Other files concern efforts to protect the Catskill and Adirondacks Forest Preserves.

Creator

• New York (State). Division of Environmental Management

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Roster of male inmates in the institution

Series Number

A1969

Summary

This series consists of a partial record of male inmates admitted to the Western House of Refuge possibly compiled for the annual reports Lists includes inmate name and number; county of residence; admission date; age; county or other place of birth; if orphan, physical and mental condition; cause of commitment; and remarks, usually concerning inmate's parents or stepparents. Records are restricted.

Creator

• Western House of Refuge for Juvenile Delinquents (Rochester, N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

Restricted in accordance with Executive Law, Section 501-c(1)(b), relating to confidentiality of individuals in custody of the Division for Youth (now Office of Children and Family Services).

Title

Stock ledgers

Series Number

B1672

Summary

The series consists of ledgers providing dates, value, and quantity information on "stock" goods received, stored on-hand, or issued during 1894-1914 at the Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Mined Children. Entries are by product, and then chronological by date (month/day). For goods received, there is information on date (month/day), receiving book folio (page number), value, and quantity. For goods available on-hand, date and quantity are shown. For goods issued, information includes date, quantity, and issuing book folio (page number).

Creator

• Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Proclamations by the governor

Series Number

13035

Summary

This series consists of original signed proclamations issued by the governor to formally notify the people of the state on matters of law, policy, or custom affecting them, or to designate exclusive times for commemoration or observance of special events. The proclamations were filed with the Secretary of State as the office of record for New York State.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of State. Bureau of Miscellaneous Records

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

New York City Regional Interdepartmental Rehabilitation Committee minutes and correspondence

Series Number

B1114

Summary

The series contains correspondence files of New York City Regional Interdepartmental Rehabilitation Committee (NYCRIRC) coordinator, Florence Stattel; minutes of meetings of the NYCRIRC; minutes of meetings of the New York City rehabilitation center administrators during and immediately after the committee's existence; and minutes of the meetings of the six regional coordinators with state Department of Health rehabilitation bureau chiefs and division directors. Records discuss grants administration, program scope, projects, service delivery problems, designation of hospitals as state primary and secondary rehabilitation centers, contracts, and personnel changes.

Creator

• New York City Regional Interdepartmental Rehabilitation Committee

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Court of Chancery registers of causes

Series Number

JN321

Summary

The registers in this series contain summary chronological records of proceedings in the Court of Chancery (before spring 1823), in the Court of Equity (1st Circuit) (spring 1823 through 1829), and before the Vice-Chancellor (1st Circuit) (1830-1847), in cases ("causes") involving a complainant and a defendant. Not included in these registers are non-adversarial cases commenced by petition.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Chancery

Access Restrictions

Use and reproduction of fragile documents may be restricted.

Title

Patient census records

Series Number

B2385

Summary

This series contains registers which record the number of patients in the custody of the Rome State School and its predecessor, the Rome State Custodial Asylum. Information includes a daily count of males and females for each month and notes regarding patient admissions, discharges, deaths, physicians travelling, inspections, visits by board members, and other significant event information on the day each occurs.

Creator

• New York (State). Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities

Access Restrictions

Restricted in accordance with Section 33.13, Mental Hygiene Law, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access permitted under certain conditions upon application to and approval by the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities.

Title

Delaware County tax assessment rolls

Series Number

A4637

Creator

• Delaware (N.Y. : County)

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.